Combination-tool.



PATENTED OCT. 18, 1904. I

W A MILLIGAN COMBINATION TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented October 18, 1904.

VVILBER ASHBY MILLICAN, OF BRYAN, TEXAS.

COMBINATION-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,624, dated October18, 1904.

Application filed May 8, 1903- Serial No. 156,223. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILBER AsHBY MILLI- CAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bryan, in the county of Brazos and State of Texas,have invented new and useful Improvements in Combination-Tools, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in combination-tools, and has forits object to provide an implement for use in performing such operationsas arise in building and repairing wire fences, and with such end inview there are assembled in a single implement a hammer, a hatchet,pliers, wire-cutters, wirebenders, and staple-pullers, as will behereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view of the implement, showing the jawsclosed, so that the same may be used either as a hammer or hatchet. Fig.2 is a side elevation with the jaws partially closed and showing a wirebent at an angle by the jaws. Figs. 3 and 4: are inner plan views of theend members of the implement separated. Fig. 5 is a view showing theclaws as used in forming a loop in a wire as in tightening wire fences,and Fig. 6 is a view showing the implement as used in drawing staples.

A refers to one of the members of the implement, said member having ahammer-head A, and beyond the head a jaw A the inner side of which is atsubstantially right angles with the'hammer-head, the outer wall thenbeing inclined and terminates with claws a (0, these claws beingsemicircular on their inner sides. Below the claws and extending towardthe pivot there are plane surfaces, which extend entirely across thejaws, as shown at a, to form with a similarly-constructed jaw b pliersor pincers.

The member B issecured to the memberA by a pivot (J, and there projectsand is formed integral with the member B. ahatchet B, the jaw B beingformed integral with the hatchet and the handle. The jaw B has claws b,and below the plane surfaces 5 there is formed in the jaw a recessbihaving one side substantially straight and beyond said straightportion an angular portion into which a projecting'portion a willpartially extend, said part a being beveled and carrying on said beveledsurface a cutter or blade (Z. It will be noted that adjacent to thebeveled or inclined r ecess of there is an extension or shoulder (0 andthat the jaw B has simply a beveled recess and an inclined cutter, thecutter being kept out of engagement with the walls formed by the recessby the pliers or parts a and b when they engage.- This constructionprovides means whereby a wire may be clamped between the jaws withoutbending the wire,

which is desirable when the implement is used I in stretching wire, andwhen used for such' purpose the hammer-head or hatchet-blade is, whenplaced in engagement with a post, the part in engagement with the postserving as a fulcrum.

When it is desired to bend a wire so as to form an angle preparatory tomaking a loop, the wire is passed'between the jaws a and b, the end ofthe wire extending beyond the shoulder a and into the recess 5 which isto one side of the plane surface 6', and when the jaw A is moved on itspivot two right-angular bends will be formed in the end portions of thewire, which will prevent the wire slipping between the jaws.

The' cutters are'of the usual type, being simply steel blades secured inbeveled recesses, and the implement otherwise may be made of cast-steelor drop-forgings.

The jaws A and B each have a pair of claws an 6 6 formed thereon. Thepoints of these claws do not quite come together, but approach eachother and are adapted to embrace a staple, either all four clawssimultaneously or a pair at one time. -When a wire is clasped.between'the claws, by twisting the after which the loop can be severedby the cutters to form barbs.

- I am aware that priorto my invention combination-tools have beenprovided in which a pair of handles were pivoted together, one of thehandles having formed integral therewith 'a hammer and the other one ahatchet, the

ends of the members having duplicate claws and adjacent to the pivotswire-cutters. I

dles, and shoulders for bending wires on opposite sides of the aws fromthe cutters, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 5 in the presence of twowitnesses.

VILBER ASHBY MlLLlCAN. lVitnesses:

M. NAGLE, A. G. BOARD.

